People Team (HR) Intern

Thea Energy

Posted 3 months ago

Internship

Kearny, New Jersey

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Responsibilities

Support the People Team by assisting with talent acquisition, candidate experience, and onboarding processes. Help design internal culture initiatives and create operational templates and SOPs under the guidance of the VP of People.

Qualifications

You are a current student or recent graduate pursuing a degree in HR, Business, Psychology, or a related field. You possess strong communication and discretion skills, are comfortable with software applications and HR tools, and demonstrate a bias for action to solve problems and improve processes.

Must Have Skills for ATS

Lever

LinkedIn Recruiter

AI

Job Description

About Thea Energy:  

Thea Energy is leveraging recent breakthroughs in stellarator physics and engineering to create a faster and simpler approach to commercializing fusion energy. The company is reinventing the stellarator using computer-controlled arrays of planar coils thereby replacing the intricate, complex modular magnets required in all other stellarator architectures. Thea Energy is on a mission to create a limitless source of zero emission energy for a sustainable future.  

\nResponsibilities

At Thea, we believe our people are our greatest catalyst for innovation. As a People Team Intern, you’ll be sitting at the heart of our organizational culture. Reporting directly to the VP - People, you will gain a high-level perspective on how a People function scales, while executing the foundational tasks that keep our team thriving.

This role is ideal for a proactive, detail-oriented student or recent graduate looking to understand the "why" behind HR strategy and the "how" of operational excellence.

What You’ll Do

  • Talent Acquisition Support: Assist in recruitment process, from sourcing candidates to coordinating interviews and ensuring a stellar candidate experience.  Maintain our ATS data integrity with a keen eye for detail.  Assist with enhancing our employer talent brand.

  • Culture & Engagement: Help design and execute internal initiatives that foster connection.

  • People Operations: Support the onboarding process for new hires to ensure they feel like "Theans" from day one.  Create templates, process flows and SOPs.

  • Strategic Projects: Partner with the VP of People on special research projects.

The ideal candidate will have most, if not all, of these requirements:
  • Current Student or Recent Grad: Pursuing a degree in HR, Business, Psychology, or a related field.
  • Prior HR experience is a plus.
  • Discreet & Trustworthy: You understand that working in "People" means handling sensitive information with the utmost confidentiality.
  • A Clear Communicator: Whether it’s an email to a candidate or a Slack message to the team, your communication is professional, warm, and concise.
  • Bias for Action: You don’t wait for a manual; you’re a problem-solver who enjoys figuring things out and improving processes.
  • Tech-Savvy: Comfortable with software applications and eager to learn HR tools (like Lever, LinkedIn Recruiter).
  • Experience with AI is a plus.
Compensation: $18-20/hr

Why Intern at Thea?
Direct Mentorship: You’ll work closely with the VP - People, gaining insights into executive-level decision-making.

Impact: We are a lean team; your work will be visible and valued.

Growth: We treat our interns as full members of the team. You’ll leave with a portfolio of real-world HR experience.

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It’s not necessary to meet all of the skillsets outlined above. Please feel free to send us a note and tell us why you would still be a great fit for this role or Thea Energy.  

Diversity and Inclusion:  

Thea Energy is an equal opportunity employer committed to creating a company of diverse backgrounds. By creating a diverse environment, we will bring new ideas and approaches to solving some of the world’s hardest (and most important) problems. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, family or marital status, age, disability, veteran’s status, or other characteristic protected by applicable laws and regulations.

Thea Energy

Thea Energy is building an economical and scalable fusion energy system utilizing arrays of mass-manufacturable magnets and dynamic software controls. Commercial fusion energy can uniquely provide a limitless source of zero-emission power for a sustainable future. Thea Energy is leveraging recent breakthroughs in computation and controls to reinvent the stellarator, a scientifically mature form of magnetic fusion technology. Thea Energy was founded in 2022 as a spin-out of the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory and Princeton University, where the stellarator was originally invented. Thea Energy is currently designing its first integrated fusion system, Eos, based on its planar coil stellarator architecture which will produce fusion neutrons at scale and in steady state.
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